Lever action toy gun



Jan. 29, 1963 J. w. RYAN LEVER ACTION TOY GUN Filed Sept. 22, 1958 Wim JOHN i RYAN,

INVENTOR.

Jan. 29, 1963 J. w. RYAN LEVER ACTION Toy GUN Filed Sept. 22, 1958 Y .if

un NN WNN JOHN MRI/AN, INVENTOR. HERZ/6 8 JESSUP,

Jan. 29, 1963 J. w. RYAN 3,075,511

LEVER ACTION. TOY GUN Filed Sept. 22, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 hatentecl Jan., 29, lilo This invention relates to a toy gun and more particularly to a toy un simulating a rifle having a lever action for advancing cap rolls therein, coclring the hammer thereor, and ejecting simulated cartridges outwardly of the h using thereof in reelisdc fashion.

in general, the invention comprises a hollow housing sin dating a iile in its outward appearance, having a breech portion, a forwardly-extending cylindrical barrel portion and a stock or handle portion. Door means are provided on side ot the breech portion to normally cover an opening, the door means is yieldably mounted to facilitate manual insertion of one or more simulated cartridges into the b el portion for subsequent selective ejection outwardly of the housing as through an open top of breech portion. Means are provided adjacent the barrel portion for releasably retaining the last of the inserted cartridges until released therefrom by elector means operatively associated with a lever means pivotally mounted in housing. breech cover means is slideably mounted on the housing for selective covering and uncsverin(T of the open top of the housing and is actuated operatively associated with the lever means oy means when the lever means is actuated.

'l`he housing is further provided with a cap-tiring means for successively' tiring caps of a cap roll stored on a cap roll support and extended over an intermittently rotatable anvil means. Hammer are provided adjacent the anvil means and adapted. to be cocked into a tiring position by lever means, whereby the hammer means is late"ed in the lirrg position by a hook integral with a manually operable tr' er means mounted in the housing and having a linger piece extending outwardly thereof. Aron-ate motion o the trigger means, as imnarted by a of users hand, unlatches the hammer leans which is spring urge to strike the anvil means. Pawl means are further provided pivotally secured to the harnmer means and op^^tively associated with the anvil means for intermitt-.tly rotating the anvil means and thereby advancing the cap roll to position a succeeding cap for detonation by the hammer means.

The breech cover means is preferably formed of discrete members, one manually slideable over the other, to iurdier expose the open top whereby the cap roll support means may be manually rotated outwardly of the housing for reloading purposes.

lt is therefore an object of this invention to provide o. new and improved lever action toy gun which realistically simulates a lever-action rifle for use by juveniles to arord greater realism in play.

More specifically, an object or" this invention is to provide a new and improved toy gun which cocks and advances a cao-fung means within the gun by manual actuation of a lever means secured thereto to simulate'the i ver action of a real rir'le.

An object or" this invention is to provide a new and iinproved toy gun in which simulated cartridges may be manually inserted and stored to simulate loading oi an actual repeater rille.

Y et another object of this invention is to provide retarnng means within the housing for retaining the inserted cartridge against the bias of a spring contained within barrel portion and in position to be released therefrom and ejected bythe ejection means when elected by the lever means.

Another object o and improved toy this invention is to provide a new n in which the realism in play is increased by the ejection of simulated cartridges from the breech of the ride by actuation of the lever means, simultaneous with the cooking action of the cap-tiring means.

lt is a further object of this invention to provide a lever action toy gun which includes improved breech cover action whereby the breech cover is eilected by the action of the lever means to slide rearwardly and expose the open top oi the breech portion to permit ejection of the simulated cartridges through the open tcp and outwardly of the housing and in which return movement of the lever to its normal position, similar to its real counterpart, causes the breech cover member to slide forwardly and thereby enclose the open top of the housing.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved toy gun of the character described which provides means for more easily and readily reloading the gun with cap rolls by providing readily accessible cap-roll support means and manually operable separable breech cover sections to facilitate such access.

A still 1curther object of this invention is to provide a new and improved toy gun which is economical to manufacture, and is capable of mass production and interchangeability of parts thereof.

A. general object of this invention is to provide a new and improved toy gun which overcomes disadvantages of prior means and methods heretofore intended to accomplish generally similar purposes.

These and other objects will be more apparent by reference to the following drawings, detailed descrip-tion and appended claims.

ln the drawings:

llG. l is a side view, in elevation, of a toy gun in accordance with this invention;

FlG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross-Sectional view thereof seen at the central parting line of the breech portion of the toy gun, and showing a portion cf tl stock and the barrel portion;

3 is a -ragrnentary vertical sectional view, with parts shown in elevation, ot the forward or barrel portion thereof;

FlG. 4 is a vertical crossesectional view, similar to FlG. 2, showing parts thereof in another position;

FlG. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal cross-sectional view as taken substantially along a line S-S of FIG. 4;

FlG. 6 is a fragmentary top plan View, with parts broken away, thereof;

HG. 7 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view, illustrating the cap-tiring means in greater detail; and

PIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional View as taken substantially along aline Eelof FIG. 7.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown by way of illustration, but not of limitation, a toy gun generally indicated by the numeral lo, including an intermediate breech portion lll and a forwardly extend* ing barrel portion l2. rl`he housing further includes, for added realis-. a stock portion ll3 including a shoulder piece ldand a hand support piece lo integral with the housing. The housing lll may be formed ol any suitable material such as plastics, metal, or the like, and is preferably molded to form a pair of substantially hollow half-members .lila and lllb which are joined and cemented, or otherwise secured, together as at a vertical parting line ll to form a substantially hollow, elongated, integral housing. The barrel portion l2 includes an upper cylindrical member lb, simulating the riile barrel portion of an actual riile, and a lower cartridge storage tube i9. The members l and l@ may be secured to the barrel portion lo as by a clamp, indicated at 2l, with the storage tube i9 of the barrel housing l extending inwardly of the housing and having an open inner end 22 and being closed at its outer end as by a cap member 23.

A cap tiring means generally indicated by the numeral 24 is disposed within the breech portion ll of the housing 1) for selectively and intermittently tiring caps of a roll of caps 26 supported within the housing as o-n a supportV means 27. The cap firing means 24 comprises an anvil means 23 rotatably mounted within the housing breech portion lll as on a transverse shaft 29 supported at its ends by the housing halves Titia and 10b. The anvil 23 preferably includes a cylindrical drum portion having outwardly extending conical projections 3l for engaging apertures of the perforated strip comprising the cap roll. The cap roll 26 extends from its supporting pin 32 of the roll cap support means 27 and over and around the periphery, or an upper portion thereof, of the anvil 23. The strip is stripped from the bottom portion thereof as by a stripper member 33 tangentially disposed adjacent the anvil 2S and suitably secured as at 34 to the housing lil. The cap roll. support means 27 preferably includes a rearwardly extending extension 3o which overlies the anvil 2S and tends to keep the strip of caps in close proximity to the anvil 23 to prevent inadvertent separation thereof from the anvil during rotation of the anvil.

The anvil 28serves to support the strip portion of the cap roll 26 in the path of a reciprocating hammer means 37 for ring of the caps and is adapted to be intermittently rotated, as will be hereinafter described, on its shaft 23 to advance the strip of the cap roll whereby a subsequent charge of explosive is advanced into the path of the hammer means 37 after a previously positioned charge has been detonated.

The hammer means 37 is pivotally disposed within the breech portion il and adjacent the anvil means 28 and includes a downwardly extending portion 38 pivotally supported on a transverse shaft 39 secured at its ends within the half portions 19a and ltlb for arcuate axial movement relative to the housing. The hammer means 37 includes an upper arcuate portion 41 having a forwardly extending serrated, or otherwise suitably faced, hammer portion 42 adapted to strike the face of the anvil means 28. A torque spring 43 is disposed around the shaft 39 having one end 44 bearing against a transverse boss 46 on the extension 38 of the hammer means, and the other end 47 thereof bearing against a transverse projection of the housing 10 to bias the hammer means 37 towards the anvil means 23 for Contact therewith. The spring 43 is preferably of sufficient torque to produce a rapid and sharp impact of the hammer means 37 against the anvil means 28 to explode a cap sandwiched there` between. t

The hammer means 37 is adapted to be engaged and arcuately'pivoted by a lever means for cooking, as will hereinafter be described, and is provided with an upwardly extending finger piece 49 for manual engagement thereof for manual cooking of the hammer means whereby the hammer may be manually cocked independently of the lever means, if desired.

The hammer means 37 further includes a rearwardly and downwardly extending hook member 51 which, when the hammer means is biased rearwardly against the force of the spring 43, is engageable with an upwardly extending hook portion 52 of a trigger means 53 to retain the hammer means in a cocked position.

The trigger means 53 is pivotally mounted within the housing 10 as on a transverse pin or shaft 54 secured at its ends in the housing half-portions lila and lltlb, and includes a downwardly extending linger piece d for selective manual engagement thereof as by a digit of the user. A torque spring 57 is mounted within the housing and circumjacent the shaft Ed having one of its ends 58' bearing against a projection 59 of the housing lil and its other end 6l bearing against an extension 62 of the trigger means 53 to bias the upper hook portion 52 ofthe trigger means 5rearwardly and the downwardly extending linger piece 56 forwardly. The hook portion 52 of the trigger means S3 is adapted to engage the rearwardly extending hook portion 51 of the hammer means 37 to latch the hammer means in a rearward position, when so positioned, as will hereinafter be described, until the linger piece S6 is actuated against the bias of the spring S7 whereby the hook portion 52 is disengaged from the hook portion 3l thereby permitting the spring 43 of the hammer means 37 to bias the hammer means against the anvil means 28 to tire the cap positioned in the path of the hammer 42.

In order to cock the hammer means, that is, to arcuately move the hammer means 37 rearwardly into a cocked position in which the hooks 5l and 52 are engaged, and to advance the anvil means, thereby to advance a new cap into position to be fired, a lever means generally indicated by the numeral 63 is pivotally secured within the housing lil at an upwardly extending portion ed and inincludes a manually engageable handle portion de extending downwardly and outwardly of the housing lib. The lever means 63 includes an arcuate portion 67 forming a guard for the trigger means 53 and an upwardly extending tab 68 at the rearward portion of the handle 65. The handle 66 is adapted to lie in close proximity to the shoulder piece .114 of the riile l@ when in a non-actuating position, as illustrated in FIG. 2. To retain the handle 56 in this position, a leaf spring 69 or the like is secured within the stock 13 and includes a hook portion 71 to releasably engage the tab 68.

The lever means 63 includes an upwardly extending :offset arm 72 which is adapted to move arcuately in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of arcuate movement of the hammer means 37. When the lever means 63 is pivoted downwardly, or counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 2, about the shaft 39, the upwardly extending extension 72 is brought into engagement with a transversely extending pin 73 of the hammer means 37 to impart its arcuate movement to the hammer means whereby the hammer means is pivoted rearwardly to engage the hook 5l. with the hook S2 of the trigger means and thereby cock the hammer means.

In order to rotate the anvil means 28 and thereby advance the strip of the cap roll into a new position, a pawl means is operatively associated with the hammer means and the anvil means. The pawl means 7d is pivotally secured as at 76 to the hammer means 37 and includes an annular portion 77 encircling a star-shaped boss or wheel 78 integral with the anvil means 23. The star wheel 7S of the anvil means 2S includes a plurality of projections 79 engageable with a downwardly extending hook portion S1 of the pawl 74. When the hammer means 37 is pivoted rearwardly as illustrated in FlG. 4, the pawl 74 is moved rearwardly to engage a projection 79 by the projection 31 to rotate the star '73 and its integral anvil means 23 until the projection 31 slips off.V At this time, an upwardly extending projection S2 of the pawl 7d is brought against an opposite projection 79 to stop the star 78 from further rotation. VAs the trigger means 53 is actuated to unlatch the hook 52 from the hook Sl, and the hammer means 37 moves -arcuately to strike the anvil 28, the pawl is carried forwardly or to the right as viewed in FIGS. 2, 4 and 7, to ratchet over the last-engaged projection 79 without imparting a reverse rotation to the anvil 28.

As will be apparent from the foregoing description, when the lever means 63 is pivoted downwardly about its pivot point 39, the upwardly extending portion 72 thereof is moved rearwardly to engage the transverse pin 73 of the hammer means 37 to impart movement thereof to the hammer means whereby the hammer means is swung rearwardly to a position where its integral hook 51 is latched by an upwardly extending hook S2 of the trigger means 53. As the hammer means 37 is swung rearwardly, pawl means 74 Vattached, thereto engages a star wheel 73 of the anvil means 2S to rotate the anvil means, thereby advancing caps of the cap roll 26 into -a new position whereby an unexploded charge is placed within the path of the hammer d2.. As the lever 63 is returned to its position, into proximity with the stock 13 of the riile 1t?, the handle portion 66 is latched as by the spring 69-71 and the upwardly extending portion 72 is moved away rom the projection 73 of the hammer means 37. To tire the cap tiring means 2d, the user of the toy gun manually actuates the ringer piece of the trigger means 53 to pivot the trigger means about its pivot point 5d whereby the bool: member 52 releases the hooi; member Si, permitting the spring i3 to snap the hammer means 37 towards the anvil means 23 to rire the newly positioned cap. On its return travel, the pawl means 74 ratchets over the star 7S to place the projection Si in the path of a succeeding projection 9 whereby the star l and its associated anvil 2S will be rotated by a subsequent movement cthe lever means 65.

After tiring an actual rifle, the lever means normally actuates an ejection to eject the last tired and spent cartridge. To add realism to the use of this instant invention, provision is made herein whereby downward arcuate motion of the lever elects an ejection means for electing simulated cartridges stored within the barrel tube portion For this purpose, an eiector means, generally designated by the numeral S3, is operatively associated between the lever means d3 and a guide means Se disposed within the breech portion il adjacent the inward open end of the tube l. The ejector means includes a rod or shaft lio having one end 37 thereof bent transversely and rotatably disposed in an aperture @S of the extension 72 of the lever means e3. r`She rod Se is bent transversely at its other end e@ adjacent the guide means 8d. The guide means is generally tcl-shaped in coniiguration, and is provided with a projection 91 extending inwardly and forwardly towards the tube lg. The guide means d is provided with an open rearward end to receive manually insertable simulated cartridges @2. The cartridges il?. are generally cylindrical in configuration and include flanges at the rearward end thereof, as indicated at 93, which when inserted beyond the progection 9i, is brought into abutment therewith as seen in FIG. 2.

rl`he cartridges il?, are manually insertable through the housing lli and into the guide il eans by means of a door Sill pivotally and yields-.bly mounted within the housing to cover an opening 96 in a side wall of the housing portion ylb. The door 9d is biased into a closed position as by a resilient leaf spring or the like, and includes an inwardly extending arcuate portion 9S which forms a chute to guide a. cartridge during its ejection. To insert a cartridge $2, the user places the cartridge against the door, swinging the door inwardly', whereby trie cartridge may be aligned with the guide means and inserted therein as by the use of a linger of the user, or the like, until the ilange of the cartridge is beyond the projection 91. A resilient leaf spring 9S is disposed adjacent the guide means 8d l is biased inwardly to press against a cartridge after it has been inserted to keep the iiange 93 of the cartridge in engagement with the projection 9i of guide means bd.

A subsequent cartridge may be inserted, its bullet nose being pressed against the previously inserted cartridge to force the previously inserted cartridge further into the guide means and eventually into the tube member i9 ag ist a spring retainer member lill. slidingly disposed within the tube i9. rEhe spring retainer member lill is urged towards the guide means by -a coiled spring lll?, disposed between the spring retainer and the closed end or" the cap 2,3 as best seen in PEG. 3.

The spring il@ biases the cartridges into engagement with the projection gli, while the spring 99 laterally biases the cartridge to prevent inadvertent displacement from the pr ction 13. An ejector' pin M13 is transversely disposed adiacent the Guide means and is urged outwardly gu, of the guide means 8d as by a resilient leaf spring ltld secured to the guide means @Il rl`he pin lef; is adapted to move inwardly through an aperture lilo of the guide means .ben actuated by a rearw' rd movement of the transverse portion S9 of the rod Se when the rod do is moved linearly rearwardly by downward ac nation o the lever means o3 causing rearward movement of the extension 72 thereof. As best seen in FIG. 5, the transverse portion S9 is brought into Contact with the head lll? of the pin 1493 to urge the pin inwardly through the aperture lille or the guide means Sd and against the bias of the spring lbll to displace a last inserted cartridge from the projection gi whereby the spring lili within the tube 19 biases the cartridge outwardly of the guide member d4 into the chute 98.

ln order to eject the cartridge outwardly of the housing, the housing is provided with an open top lll which is covered as by breech cover member generally referred to by the numeral Zidi);

The breech cover member lili) is slidingly disposed on the breech portion lll of the housing l@ for longitudinal linear movement thereon to open and close the open top ldd of the housing portion lll. The breech cover member ld@ comprises a pair of discrete axially displaceable forward and rearward members lill and M2, respectively, the forward member .lll being adapted to be manually and selectively longitudinally moved into an overlying relationship with the rearward member M2, as will be hereinafter described.

rl`he forward breech cover member llll is provided with laterally extending ribs lll slidingly disposed in longitudinal opposing grooves lid of the members lha and litio, for longitudinal baclt-and-torth movement therein relative to the housing lo. rl`he member lll further includes a downwardly extending lateral tlange llo which is adapted to abut an upwardly extending lateral flange 117 of the rearward breech cover member lllZ.

The rearward breech member llZ is similarly provided with laterally extending longitudinal ribs MS which are slidingly disposed in longitudinal grooves ll spaced downwardly from and substantially parallel to the grooves lit, a groove lll being provided on the inner surface of each vertical wall of the housing members lila and lub, as best seen in FlGS. 6 and 8, for sliding longitudinal movement of the member M2 relative to the housing lll. rhe breech cover member llZ further includes an integral resilient, centrally-located finger piece E21 which includes an upwardly extending tab portion T122 abutting the rearward face of the flange M6 of the cover member lll to retain the flange fille and thereby releasably securing the members lll and lllZ for simultaneous movement when uncovering or covering the open top lil.

rihe breech cover member lll@ is actuated for longitudinal movement by arcuate movement of the lever means 63. The upwardly extending extension '72 includes an enlarged portion at its upper end 111.23 which is engageable with a downwardly extending yoke portion i251 integral with, or attached to, the breech cover member lll, as best seen in FGS, 7 and S. The yoke member l2@ cornprises a pair of substantially parallel spaced vertical ribs which span the upper enlarged portion 123 of the extension 72 whereby the arcuate motion of the lever means 63 is translated into a linear motion of the breech cover member M19. As the lever means 6? is pivoted downwardly, the extension 72 is pivoted rearwardly to slide the breech cover member liti@ rearwardly and thereby expose the open top ltl whereby the cartridge which has been elected into the chute continues outwardly of the housing to simulate the ejection of cartridge in an actual title. The linear motion ot the breech cover member lll@ is timed so it is almost at the end of its rearward travel when the transverse portion S9 of the rod Se contacts the head lll/7 of the pin 1% to displace the cartridge from the projection @l whereby the spring lll?. pushes the last inserted cartridge into the chute 98 outwardly of the housing lill through the open top lilith Provision is made for easily and quickly reloading the cap roll within the cap roll support means. When the lever means o3 is in its downward position, thereby moving the breech member lll@ into its rearmost position, as seen in PEG. 4, the forward breech cover member lll may be slid rearwardly in overlying relationship relative to the rearward breech cover member 112. by manually pressing downwardly on the finger piece llZll to remove the tab 122 thereof from the path of the downwardly extending flange M6 whereby the forward breech cover member lll may be manually slid rearwardly over the member 112 to expose a greater portion of the open top 108, permitting the user to manually pivot the roll cap means 27 outwardly about its pivot point i126, against the bias of a torque spring 127, to a position shown in broken lines in FIG. 4. In this position, the portion of the roll cap support means 27 having the transverse pin 32. is exposed outwardly of the body lil and a new cap -roll like 26 may be insertedover the pin 32. The free end of the cap roll may then be wrapped over the anvil means 28 in such manner whereby the apertures of the cap roll coincide with the projections 31 thereof. Thereafter, the support means 27 may be released and lowered into its normal cap feeding position and cap retaining position, as illustrated in FIGS. 2, 4, 7 and 8.

lf Vit is desired to cock the hammer means 37v independently of the lever means 63, the user may engage the linger piece 49 with a linger or thumb and draw the hammer means rearwardly until the hook portion 51 latches with the hook portion 52 of the trigger means 53. Such arcuate movement imparted by the linger causes the pawl means 74 to rotate the'anvil means 28, thereby advancing the cap roll 26 to a new unexploded position and cooking the hammer into a position ready to be tired by manual actuation of the linger piece 56 of the trigger means 53 as previously described.

While the instant invention has been shown and described herein in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the invention, which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the yclaims so as to embrace any and all equivalent methods and apparatus.

What is claimed is:

l. A toy gun comprising: a housing -simulating a tie having a breech portion having an opening and a hollow barrel portion having an open inner end and a closed outer end; cartridge means slidingly insertable into said barrel portion, guide means in said breech portion adjacent said barrel portion for guiding insertion of said cartridge ,means into said barrel portion; a spring-urged door means hingedly secured on said breech portion adjacent said barrel portion for closing said opening, said door means being swingable inwardly of the housing for selective manual insertion of said cartridge means into said guide means and thereby into said barrel portion; spring means in said barrel portion and having one end bearing against said cartridge means and'another end bearing against said closed outer end when said cartridge means are inserted in said barrel portion so as to bias said cartridge means toward said guide means; retaining means on said guide means for engagement of a lastV inserted cartridge means for retaining said cartridge means in said guide means; lever means pivotally mounted in said housing' and having a handle portion extending outwardly therefrom for selective manual operation thereof; ejector chute means on said door means and extending inwardly of said housing, said chute means being arcuately curved and communicating between said guide means and anV upper region of said breech portion, and ejector means connected to said lever means and said guide means and responsive to pivotal movement of said lever means for disengaging said last inserted cartridge means from said retaining means, whereby said last inserted cartridge means is biased outwardly of said guide means and into said chute means.

k2. A toy gun comprising a substantially hollow housing simulating a rile and having a breech portion with au open top and an elongated cylindrical barrel portion extending therefrom; cartridge means slidingly insertable into said barrel portion, guide means in said housing adjacent an inner open end of said barrel portion and communicating with said breech portion; means deiining an opening in a side wall of said breech portion; springbiased door means on said breech portion complementary to said opening for closing said breech opening and having an arcuate chute means extending inwardly into said -breech portion, said chute means communicating between said guide means and said open top, and said door means being yieldable to manual inward swinging thereof for manual insertion of said cartridge means through said opening and into said guide means, said cartridge means when inserted into said barrel portion being urged into said barrel portion by subsequently inserted cartridge means; spring means in said barrel portion for biasing said cartridge means inwardly toward said guide means; retaining means on said guide means for retaining a last inserted cartridge means in said guide means; manually operable lever means pivotally mounted in said housing for arcuate movement in a vertical piane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said housing and having a handle portion extending outwardly of said housing for selective manual actuation thereof; spring-biased releasing means on said guide means and aligned with an opening thereof; and actuator means rotatably secured at one end thereof in an extension of said lever means and having an opposite end adjacent said retaining means for engaging said releasing means whereby arcuate motion of said lever means is translated into a linear movement of said actuator means for actuating said releasing means whereby said releasing means is biased inwardly of said guide member for releasing said last-inserted cartridge means from said retaining means whereby said barrel spring means biases said last-inserted cartridge means into Isaid chute means.

3. A toy gun in accordance with claim 2 wherein said breech portion has -a breech cover means slidingly disposed on said housing for longitudinal linear movement thereon substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said housing for selective covering and uncovering of said open top; yoke means integral with said breech cover means; and an extension on said lever means being in continuous engagement with said yoke meas whereby arcuate movement of said manually operable lever means is translated into a linear movement of said breech cover means for uncovering said open top substantially simultaneously with said releasing of said last inserted cartridge means, whereby said last inserted cartridge means is ejected through said open top and outwardly of `said housing.

4. A toy gun in accordance with claim 3 including cap iiring means in said housing and adjacent said lever means, said cap tiring means comprising anvil means rotatably mounted in said housing, hammer means pivotally mounted therein adjacent' said anvil means for arcuate movement in a vertical plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said housing and having a hook, trigger means inV said housing adjacent said hammer means and having a hook thereon engageable with said hammer hook, and pawl means having a lost-motion connection with said hammer means and said anvil means for translating arcuate back-and-forth movement of said hammer means into an intermittent rot-ary motion of said anvil means; and wherein said hammer means includes a projection extending transversely therefrom for engagement thereof by said extension of said lever means so that selective arcuate movement in a downward direction of said lever means is transl-ated into a rearward arcuate movement of said hammer means for releasably latching said hook of said hammer means with said hook of said trigger means for cooking said hammer means.

` V5. A toy gun comprising: a housing simulating a riile having a breech portion andA a hollow barrel portion, said breech portion having an opening, said hollow barrel having an open inner end and a closed outer end; cartridge means slidingly insert-able into said inner end of said barrel portion; a spring-urged door means hingedly secured on said breech portion adjacent said barrel portion for closing said opening, said door means being swingable inwardly of the housing for selective manual insertion of said cartridge means into said barrel portion; spring means in said barrel portion having one end bearing against said cartridge means and another end bearing against said closed outer end when said cartridge means are inserted in said barrel portion so as to bias said cartridge means towards said inner end of said barrel; retaining means adjacent said open end of said barrel for engagement of a last inserted cartridge means for retaining said cartridge means in said barrel; lever means pivotally mounted in said housing and having a handle portion extending outwardly therefrom for selective manual operation thereof; chute .means on said door means and extending inwardly of said housing, said chute means being arcuately curved and communicating between said inner end of said barrel and an upper region of said breech portion; and ejector means connected to said lever means and said guide means and responsive to pivotal movement of said lever means `for disengaging said last inserted cartridge means from said retaining means whereby said last inserted cartridge means is biased outwardly or' said barrel and into said chute means.

5. A toy gun, in accordance with claim 5, wherein said breech portion of said housing includes an open top comu municating with said chute means; and a breech cover member slidingly disposed on said housing for longitudinal linear movement thereon and including means connecting said lever means and said breech cover member and responsive to pivotal movement of said lever means for translating pivotal movement of said lever means into a linear movement of said breech cover member rearwardly relative to said housing for selectively covering and uncovering said open top, said open top being uncovered by said last-mentioned means simultaneously with said disengagement of said last-mentioned cartridge means, whereby said disengaged cartridge means is ejected outwardly of said housing through said openinv.

7. A toy gun in accordance with claim 6, including cap-tiring means in said breech portion of said housing and having a rotatable anvil means for supporting percussive caps; and means connecting said lever means and said cap-tiring means for translating arcuate motion of said lever means into an intermittent rotary motion of said anvil means or advancing said anvil means.

8. A toy gun comprising: -a housing simulating a rilie having a breech portion having an opening and a hollow barrel portion having au open inner end and a closed outer end; cartridge means slidingly insertable into said barrel portion; guide means in said breech portion adjacent said barrel portion for guiding insertion of said cartridge means into said barrel portion; a spring-urged door means hingedly secured on said breech portion adjacent said barrel portion for closing -said opening, said door means being swingable inwardly of the housing for selective manual insertion of said cartridge means into said guide means and thereby into said barrel portion; spring means in said barrel portion and having one end bearing against said cartridge means and another end bearing against said closed outer end when said cartridge means are inserted into s id barrel portion so as to bias said cartridge means towards said guide means; retaining means on said guide means for engagement of a last inserted cartridge means tor retaining said cartridge means in said guide means; lever means pivotally mounted in said housing and having a handle portion extending outwardly therefrom for selective manual operation thereof; ejector chute means on said door means and extending inwardly of said housing, said chute means being arcuately curved and communicating between said guide means and an upper region of said breech portion, ejector means connected to said lever means and said guide means and Aresponsive to pivotal movement of said lever means for disengaging said last inserted cartridge means from said retaining means whereby said last inserted cartridge means is biased outwardly of said guide means and into said chute means; said breech portion of said housing including an open top communicating with said chute means, and a breech cover means slidingly disposed on said hous. ing for longitudinal linear movement thereof; and means connecting said lever means land said breech cover means and responsive to pivotal movement of said lever means 'for translating pivotal movement of said lever means into a linear movement of said breech cover means rearwardly relative to said housing for selectively covering and uncovering said open top whereby disengaged cartridge means are ejected outwardly of said housing.

9. A toy gun as in claim 8, including cap ring means in said breech portion of said housing and having a rotatable anvil for supporting percussive caps; and means connecting said lever means and said cap tiring means for translating arcuate motion of said lever means into an intermittent rotary motion of said anvil means.

10. A toy gun as in claim 9, wherein said cap tiring means includes a cap supporting means pivotally mounted in said breech portion for pivotal movement upwardly and outwardly of the housing for loading of caps on said cap supporting means and wherein said breech cover means includes a pair of discrete slide members longitudinally disposed on said housing for longitudinal movement thereon, the rearmost of said slide members having va downwardly extending yoke in engagement with said lever means for actuation thereof by said lever means for longitudinal movement rleative to said housing; manually releasable latch means for releasably securing said rearmost of said slide members to the foremost of said slide members whereby longitudinal movement of said rearmost of said slide members is transmitted to the foremost of said slide members, said latch means being releasable for manually longitudinally retraeting said foremost slide member into a position overlying said rearmost slide member of said breech cover means so as to uncover said open top for manual pivoting of said cap support means outwardly of said housing for cap loading purposes.

ll. A toy gun comprising: a housing simulating a rie and having a barrel and a breech portion at the rear of said barrel; tiring means on said housing for sirrlulaiing the tiring of a riiie; a manually operable pivoted coclring lever for cooking said tiring means; a trigger `for actuating said cocked tiring means; a hollow magazine rtedly mounted relative to said housing; a plurality of simulated cartridges in said magazine; and an ejector means operable by movement of said cooking lever in cooking said tiring means for sequentially ejecting single cartridges directly from said magazine through said breech portion to the exterior of said housing at the rear of said barrel upon repeated actuations of said lever.

l2. A toy gun as deiined in claim ll wherein said simulated cartridges are arranged in a row in said magazine; said ejector means comprising resilient means engaging one end of said row and urging said row in ejecting direction; means restraining the endmost cartridge at the other end of said row against movement by said resilient means; and means operable by said leve-r 'ttor releasing only said endmost cartridge from said restraining means.

13. A toy gun as defined in claim ll including an ejection opening in said breech portion; a movable cover for said opening; means 'for moving said cover to open position upon actuation of said lever; and means for directing an ejected simulated cartridge from said magazine through said ejection opening.

(References on following page) References Cied in the ile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Brader July 30, 1907 Schulze Mar, 27, 1917 5 Abramowitz Sept. 21, 1920 Gora et al June 8, 1943 Hjelm Oct. 24, 1950 

11. A TOY GUN COMPRISING: A HOUSING SIMULATING A RIFLE AND HAVING A BARREL AND A BREECH PORTION AT THE REAR OF SAID BARREL; FIRING MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR SIMULATING THE FIRING OF A RIFLE; A MANUALLY OPERABLE PIVOTED COCKING LEVER FOR COCKING SAID FIRING MEANS; A TRIGGER FOR ACTUATING SAID COCKED FIRING MEANS; A HOLLOW MAGAZINE FIXEDLY MOUNTED RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING; A PLURALITY OF SIMULATED CARTRIDGES IN SAID MAGAZINE; AND AN EJECTOR MEANS OPERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF SAID COCKING LEVER IN COCKING SAID FIRING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY EJECTING SINGLE CARTRIDGES DIRECTLY FROM SAID MAGAZINE THROUGH SAID BREECH PORTION TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING AT THE REAR OF SAID BARREL UPON REPEATED ACTUATIONS OF SAID LEVER. 